Jeff Probst's voice over: Previously on "Survivor:" Two tribes no more, the newly merged BotCon tries to get along (Shots of Megatron chasing Starscream through the jungle). Individual immunity is the name of the game, and Mirage comes through. (Footage of Megatron and Optimus stuck under a row of logs as Mirage wins.) Optimus Prime's negotiations failed and he was voted out. Who's going home tonight?

Author's note: Still the same beginning, but to help keep track, I will list the tribe as they stand now. All confessionals will be italicized.

BOTCON

Grimlock

Megatron

Mirage

Motormaster

Rumble

Scrapper

Shrapnel

Starscream

(Nighttime shots of BotCon returning home.)

Mirage: (To Grimlock, chartreuse buff is wrapped around his leg.) Starscream promised he would talk to Motormaster and Scrapper! (Drums.) What went on there?

Rumble: (To Megatron, chartreuse buff is worn like a tube top.) Starscream promised he would talk to Motormaster and Scrapper! (Drums.) What went on there?

Starscream: (Julliard Instructor, buff worn as a headdress.) Two votes for me? I must have ticked them off more than I thought when I called them morons.

Scrapper: (He and Motormaster are sitting alone at the fire.) We are in BIG trouble.

Motormaster: I know. We voted for Optimus, but everyone thinks we voted for Starscream. That bug lied to them.

(Shots of Shrapnel scarfing down the firewood behind them. He narrows his optics suspiciously.)

DAY TWENTY-FOUR

Grimlock: AUGH! SUPERPECKER!

Starscream: (Julliard Instructor.) Somebody left that stupid chicken's cage open last night. Hehehehehehe!

Grimlock: (Running around camp, lifting up rocks, a fallen tree, Megatron's new throne, the still-offline Motormaster, etc.) SUPERPECKER! ME GRIMLOCK FIND YOU!

Motormaster: (Drowsily.) What's going on?

Grimlock: (Off camera, running from camp.) SUPERPECKER!

Jeff Probst: (Game Show Host. No buff.) Yeah, it's me. I know, I KNOW, I'm breaking a hundred rules here, but darn it, I'm a man, not a machine! These robots are driving me INSANE! Today at reward challenge they showed up missing half the tribe. Grimlock was looking for his lost chicken, Shrapnel had indigestion from eating too much firewood, and Motormaster and Scrapper are too scared to leave the small island they're hiding on.

REWARD CHALLENGE

(Shots of an angry Jeff waving his arms while the other four members of BotCon stand around, heads down.)

Jeff: DO I HAVE TO CALL IN FOR RE-INFORCEMENTS AGAIN?

Others: NO!

Jeff: THEN GO GET THEM!

(Megatron takes off for the other island, Mirage and Starscream run for Grimlock. Rumble stays.)

Jeff: What?

Rumble: I need some 10W-30 to make Shrapnel feel better.

Jeff: Take him to First Aid. (Turns around and throws his hands in the air in disgust.) This was supposed to be the CAR reward challenge!

(Commercial Break: WE'RE CHANGING THE U.S. DOLLAR AGAIN! MAKE SURE YOU USE THIS DOLLAR, JUST IN CASE YOU WERE USING OTHER MONEY. LIKE CANADIAN.)

(Shots back to Jeff and all eight Survivors together again. Grimlock is holding his chicken.)

Jeff: Glad you all decided to participate. Want to know what you're playing for? (They say 'yeah.') You are playing for the greatest tribute to NAFTA we could come up with-

Megatron: Not the G6!

Jeff: You wish. (Waves his hand, invisible driver pulls up in a Pontiac.)

Rumble: An AZTEK! (Shrieks in horror as the others groan.)

Jeff: Any valid objections you would have had are null and void. You are going to play for it. Besides, you haven't noticed what's in the cargo area. (They notice the energon cubes glowing in the back and start hopping up and down.) Great. Here's your reward challenge: Notice that there are eight sets of nine tiles, each with a symbol on it. You each get a set of tiles, and a slingshot with pebbles. You are to use the slingshot to break the tiles I dictate you to break. Notice that there are similar symbols that are a different color. If you mess up, or miss the tile, you cannot re-shoot it. You must hit at least ¾ of the square to make it count. Do NOT hit your fellow tribemates or their tiles, MEGATRON. Survivors ready? Aim...you are shooting the pink heart...Fire!

Grimlock: JEFF! WATCH ME GRIMLOCK'S CHICKEN! (Jeff hands Superpecker over to the invisible car driver. Grimlock misses completely, hitting the square next to it.)

Jeff: Starscream has hit it. Rumble missed. Megatron hit it. Scrapper and Motormaster missed. Mirage missed. Grimlock missed it. Shrapnel hit it. Next shot: Hit the square next to it, the square with a orange star. (Looks surprised.) Same results. OK, next square to hit is the one with the yellow moon. Same...results? Try the green clover. (Shakes his head, grinning that fake grin he does.) Same results! (Drums.) Why is that?

Megatron: We are programmed that way.

Jeff: Time to shake things up. Turn off your optics and aim for the blue diamond! (They do.) Megatron got it. Shrapnel got it. Everyone else missed! It's time for a tie-breaker. Take a look at the set-up. Now, turn off your optics again. Hit...the purple horseshoe. Same thing! OK, last one. Hit the red balloon! (Megatron fires.) Megatron misses! Shrapnel hasn't fired yet.

Shrapnel: There WAS no red balloon, Jeff, Jeff!

Jeff: He's right! It was a trick question.

Megatron: What! Probst, I should have killed you when I had the chance in '97!

Jeff: Too bad. Shrapnel, you have won the new Pontiac Aztek! Rack-and-pinion steering, ABS, the CRAPPIEST sound system ever, and a cargo load of energon cubes! Shrapnel, before you start eating the car...I have a twist. You have also won immunity. (Puts on a necklace consisting of computer chip key chains coming together to show toy Bumblebee/Cliffjumper flanking a GI JoeTM as the focal point.)

Shrapnel: I HAVE THE POWER, POWER!

Jeff: Please, it's not a holy relic!

Megatron: Probst, your days are numbered...

Jeff: Stop whining and get back to camp! The second immunity challenge will be TOMORROW. Get cracking!

(Yes, it's ANOTHER commercial break, for the "Pontiac Aztek game changing moment": When Grimlock found his chicken!)

(Shots of BotCon sitting around camp, either drinking energon or eating the new car.)

Megatron: (Psychology professor, buff is wrapped around his neck to complement his home made necklace.) When I went to the island to talk to the Moronic Duo (shots of Motormaster and Scrapper drinking and laughing) I found out that they had a Final Three alliance with Starscream. I told them what an interesting coincidence that was, considering he'd agreed with Rumble and me to eliminate the competition! (Drums.)

Scrapper: (To Motormaster as they walk down the beach.) I think we found us a way out of trouble. (Drums.) I told Grimlock that Starscream let his chicken out.

Motormaster: While you were doing that, I went to get more energon out of the car and told Shrapnel that Starscream was pulling for him to be voted off next. (Drums.)

Scrapper: (Looks around.) Who's doing that?

Mirage: (Emerges in from the underbrush behind them with home-made bongo set.) I used to play the quads in marching band.

Scrapper: Really? Where?

Mirage: Walsh College. Anyway...I heard all you said, and I want in.

Motormaster: Who says we want you?

Mirage: You want to get rid of Starscream, don't you? How are you going to do that with only two votes?

Motormaster: We have Megatron's.

Mirage: Do you? Really? And Rumble's?

Scrapper: (Uneasily.) He didn't guarantee us Rumble's.

Mirage: That's how he got Optimus. (Drums.)

DAY TWENTY-FIVE: IMMUNITY CHALLENGE

(Shots zooming down to a beach with a tired-looking Jeff.)

Jeff: Hi. Mirage, may I have the necklace? (Mirage gives it up.) Once again, with the exception of Shrapnel, immunity is up for grabs. Your twist today for tribal council will be explained later. For now, your challenge.

(Sweeps over, with dramatic drums, to show eight floating rafts in the middle of the ocean.)

Rumble: Hey! What's the big idea! We can't swim!

Jeff: (Gleefully.) That's what makes this challenge so great! Each raft has a rope tied to it from the bottom of the sea. Each one of these ropes has many colored flags, ONE of your designated colors is fastened on there, at various depths. Your flag may have depths of five, ten, fifteen, or twenty meters below, it's different for each rope. You have to get all eight of your flags and hang them on the rack over here on the beach. Your reward is immunity. Do NOT pull on the ropes, you will cause the rafts to sink and that will make me unhappy. I KNOW you don't want a repeat performance of that, right? (They shake their heads.) Good. Survivor's ready? (Raises left arm.) Go! (Drops left arm and raises right.)

Starscream: Out of my way, Pipsqueak! (Starscream knocks over Rumble as he runs into the water.)

Rumble: You are DEAD, Starscream!

(Shots of BotCon trying to float up to the higher flags.)

Jeff: Starscream has one flag! Megatron has two! He's being smart and collecting more than one at a time. Grimlock...has one! Shrapnel has none. Rumble has two. Mirage has two. Motormaster has one, Scrapper has...four! Starscream has trouble keeping it up! Keep working at it Starscream! You'll come sooner or later! Pull harder! Give it a jerk! Work it!

Starscream: (Emerging from ocean.) SHUT UP!

Jeff: Scrapper has six! Megatron has four! Uh-oh! Starscream is blocking Rumble. Here comes Motormaster with his third flag. (Shots of Scrapper with the two flags in his hand.) Scrapper wins immunity! (Shots of happy Scrapper, annoyed Megatron, frustrated Starscream.)

Scrapper: I am strong! I am invincible! I am Scrapper!

Jeff: Please, it's not a holy relic! (Histrionically.) Now for your twist. You need to do some SERIOUS negotiations from now 'til tomorrow night. Serious. For the rules of tribal council have been, for one night only, changed. ANYBODY whose name is on a ballot is going to be on the jury. Numbers don't matter, if you have even ONE vote, you are leaving. (Pauses for drama as others gasp and drums play.) The only two people safe are Scrapper and Shrapnel. (Grins that fake grin.) Let the play begin.

(Shots of BotCon walking back. A LOT of whispered conversations.)

Rumble: (Pulitzer Prize Winning Columnist, buff is around his leg.) I told Megatron if we want to keep a decent Final Four alliance we need to keep Grimlock and Shrapnel as our pawns. He agreed with my saying Starscream is a liability. I sent him off to talk to them while I worked on Starscream. Fool jet thinks that he has control over the Moronic Duo. (Snorts.) He couldn't control alt delete!

(Shots of Mirage talking to Motormaster and Scrapper.)

Mirage: We need to oust Megatron, and quickly. He's a physical threat to all of us.

Motormaster: For the last time, we DON'T want an alliance with you!

Mirage: Why not?

Motormaster: Look, Rumble told us our best way to get to the Final Four was to eliminate the Autobots! That includes you! So go find Grimlock and see if his chicken gets to vote! (He and Scrapper laugh.)

(Shots over to Grimlock(Superpecker is perched on his head) and Shrapnel talking to Starscream.)

Shrapnel: (Plumber, buff is worn as a headdress.) Starscream wants us to vote off Mirage, Mirage! He says the only way to get to the final three is to go along with Megatron until our numbers are more favorable, favorable! What he is not counting on is that we KNOW about his alliance with Megatron already, ready!

(We see shots of a snake in a tree. Hermit crabs scuttle across the beach. A gorgeous sunset leads to one shot of a fist quarter moon, the next shot is of bats flying out of the jungle with a last quarter moon in the background. Night time shots of everyone staring at each other uneasily as they sit at the fire. Total silence.)

Mirage: You know, we're all feeling pretty paranoid here. I think we would feel a lot better if we just put aside our differences until tomorrow morning and right now just tried to do something fun.

Starscream: I'm all 'funned' out, Autobot. (Gets up to go to bed.)

Mirage: (Singing.) I can't stop this feeling-

Scrapper: Oh no!

Mirage: (Still singing) Deep inside of me...

Rumble: Shut up! Starscream, get him!

Starscream: Get him yourself! (Gets hit on the head with a coconut by Megatron.) (Subtitled muttering.) Primus, I miss Mishap.

Mirage: Girl, you just don't realize, what you do to meeeee. Take it Grimlock!

Grimlock: WHEN YOU HOLD ME GRIMLOCK, IN YOUR ARMS SO TIGHT YOU LET ME GRIMLOCK KNOW, EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT.

Shrapnel: I'm, I'm- (Mirage hits his drums twice.)

Everyone: HOOKED ON A FEELIN'! I'M HIGH ON BELIEVIN.' THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH MEEEE! (Motormaster, Grimlock, and finally Megatron start ooga-chaka-ing.)

DAY TWENTY-SIX

Mirage: (White House Intern, buff is worn as a neckband.) I have no alliances, no positive affirmation from anyone, but I'm not going down without a fight.

Mirage: (Sitting at fire, talking up to someone off camera.) You need me! I'm you ace in the hole! Who would suspect an Autobot would be in a secret alliance with you? If we're in the final two, who is the jury most likely to vote for, me or you? (Does not like what he sees.) How about this: I know Megatron's been doing your dirty work, and that particular information would be interesting fodder for any undecideds. Including myself.

Rumble: Your threats don't scare me, Autobot! You know that Starscream is the biggest threat in this game, and I know that the minute Mishap was airlifted off of the island he dissolved your partnership! If you want my help, you have to promise to vote off anyone I want gone from NOW ON or I vote you off TONIGHT! Got it?

Mirage: (Sighs. Looks off camera, biting his lip in frustration.) Got it. Who am I voting for?

Rumble: We're getting rid of Starscream. Vote him off. The others know, and he's voting for Grimlock, so we all win this way.

Mirage: OK.

Grimlock: (Rocket Scientist, buff is worn around Superpecker.) ME GRIMLOCK TALK WITH MEGATRON. MEGATRON SAY HE GET RID OF STARSCREAM, NOT SURE YET. ME GRIMLOCK ALL FOR STARSCREAM GONE! ME GRIMLOCK AND MEGATRON ALMOST CAUGHT BY MIRAGE AND STARSCREAM! HOPE STARSCREAM NOT HEAR ME GRIMLOCK!

TRIBAL COUNCIL

Jeff: Welcome back! C'mon in! (They sit at the robot-sized benches.) From now on, all people voted off are a part of the jury who will decide which of the final two gets the million barrels of oil. They cannot say anything, only listen. Optimus Prime, come in! (Optimus comes in, looking refreshed and freshly waxed, not to mention clean-shaven. He waves to Mirage.) I'm sure this was an interesting day. Megatron, how intense were the negotiations?

Megatron: There was an over-abundance of panic, Jeff.

Jeff: Do you feel safe?

Megatron: As safe as you will feel when this game is over.

Jeff: I'll ignore that. Rumble, you seem calm. Any worries about tonight?

Rumble: Well, yeah. The only people safe tonight have the immunity necklace. I think I've been doing OK so far.

Jeff: So you hope you'll go further. (Rumble nods.) OK, Scrapper, Shrapnel, you have the immunity necklaces. Do you wish to give them to anyone else?

Scrapper and Shrapnel: No, no.

Jeff: That means all of you but Scrapper and Shrapnel are fair game. Starscream, you go first. (Music gets scary as Starscream goes over to vote. His vote is not shown. Neither are any in the montage. Drums beat hard as Mirage goes up, second to last. You do not see his vote, but you hear him say "I got it, all right" as the camera shows him sitting back down. Grimlock goes up and writes "Starscream.")

Grimlock: (Whispering, face too close to the camera.) me grimlock glad you starscream go!

Jeff: (Watches Grimlock sit down.) I'll go tally the votes. (Retrieves the container they put their votes in.) Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The mech voted out will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately. You need only one vote to be ejected in this particular tribal council. I'll go tally the votes. (Opens paper.) Eighth survivor to be voted off, second on the jury: "Starscream."

Starscream: You wretched traitors! I'll have your sparks for this!

Jeff: Starscream, the tribe has spoken. (Extinguishes his torch. Starscream exits as music goes from dramatic to sad to scary.) Next vote: "Starscream." (Pause as he opens next paper.) Ninth Survivor to be voted off, third on the jury: (Shows paper.) "Rumble." (Rumble is shocked. Says nothing as he gets up to leave. Sad music, tinged with drums.) Rumble, the tribe has spoken. (Jeff extinguishes his torch.) Fourth vote: Rumble again. (Opens another piece of paper.) Tenth Survivor to be voted off, fourth on the jury: (Drums as Jeff shows paper) "Mirage."

Mirage: At least I took him down with me!

Jeff: Mirage, the tribe has spoken. (Extinguishes his torch. Shows the other three pieces of paper.) The last three votes are all for Mirage. I see that none of you succeeded in changing the minds of your rival alliances. Unfortunately, you've run out of extra players to remove. Now you either win every immunity, or have to break down and talk to the people you do not like. Head back to camp.

(Music picks up)

NEXT TIME ON SURVIVOR:

Jeff Probst will NOT bow to any sponsor!

Credits roll, they take turns speaking:

Starscream: I will find out who did this to me and revenge will be mine! (Shows Grimlock and Shrapnel voting out Starscream.)

Rumble: That punk! He'd better stay away from me. I'm glad he had to tumble, albeit with Rumble. (Shows Mirage and Starscream voting for him.)

Mirage: I was outnumbered, but at least I took that puppetmaster with me. (Shows Megatron, Rumble, Motormaster and Scrapper voting out Mirage.)